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<p
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0cm">It is my great pleasure to forward the announcement of Photo North
about the event it is organising at the end of September as part
of the More-than-Planet Creative Europe project.<br>
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<p
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0cm"><b>Photo North: More-than-Planet Environmental Literacy Seminar and
Photo Exhibition Opening will take place on 24-25 September 2024
at Valve Cultural Centre, Oulu.</b></p>
<p
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0cm">Globally, 75% of the world's land area is under direct human
influence. Our actions and the way we understand and conceptualise
the planet have a concrete impact on our environment. The
technologies used to study and describe the Earth's environment,
as well as the concepts, value systems and cultures that define
the human perspective, are often complex, difficult to understand
and disconnected from people's everyday lives.</p>
<p
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0cm">How can artists and critical researchers contribute to the
challenges of space and ecological crisis? How can environmental
literacy open up new perspectives, connections and agency for
individuals and communities in a world struggling with climate
change?</p>
<p
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0cm">These themes will be explored in the More-than-Planet seminar
starting on Tuesday 24th of September. The event will include
presentations on interspecies relations, the problematics of
observation and imaging technologies, satellite remote sensing,
ecological transition and the role of art in social discourse. In
addition, we will hear presentations of the workshops and
residencies carried out during the More-than-Planet project.</p>
<p
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0cm">On the evening of the first day of the seminar at 19:00, the
opening of the More-than-Planet exhibition will be celebrated in
the Valve and Photo North galleries. The exhibition is open until
19th of January 2025. The exhibition, which focuses on
environmental literacy, offers perspectives and views from the
space, the forests and beneath the earth's surface. The artists
featured in the exhibition are Baran Caginli, Felicia Honkasalo,
Mari Keski-Korsu, Kotryna Ula Kiliulyte, Minna Långström and Cesar
and Lois collective.</p>
<p
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0cm">Combining satellite data, artistic research, citizen science and
photography, the More-than-Planet project develops environmental
literacy through artistic work and collaborations linking space,
climate and environmental research from 2022 to 2025. Project
partners include the Waag Society in the Netherlands, the Ars
Electronica Centre in Austria, Leonardo/Olats and Makery in France
and Project Atol in Slovenia. Photo North's local partners include
the University of Oulu's Oulanka Research Station, the Pyhäsalmi
Mine's Callio Lab research and testing organisation, and the
University of Oulu's Kerttu Saalasti Institute.</p>
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<p
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0cm">The international research project <a
href="https://waag.org/en/project/more-planet/">More-than-Planet</a>
develops environmental literacy through space exploration,
artistic work and collaboration between 2022 and 2025. This
project receives funding from the European Union’s Creative Europe
programme under grant agreement No 101056238 and national match
funding from the City of Oulu and the Finnish National Agency
for Education.</p>
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